[Shotimes] Out of the SHO game - SHO parts for sale

[Brian E. Harris]

Got a Chilton's book for the Taurus (including SHO).

Also have a 1992 Factory Service Manual, if anyone is interested.

$10 for the Chilton's, whatever is reasonable for the '92 manual.

-bh

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian E. Harris" <sho-sc@sho-sc.com>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>; <sholist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 7:58 PM


> Hi folks!
>
> First off, I wanted to thank you all for the wealth of information and
> assistance provided through the mail list.
>
> Having sold off my busted '91 Plus and '92, the only thing I had left was
my
> '93 ATX.
>
> As of about 3:00pm yesterday, Nissen Ford in Albany, OR took it on
trade-in,
> paid off the remaining owed (about $3k), and got me into an EXTREMELY low
> mileage '99 Ford Explorer.
>
> Yes, I realize it isn't an SHO, but it's fun, it's got the 4.0L V6 SOHC,
so it
> gets up on it, and it's not a maintenance nightmare that the SHO was
turning
> into.
>
> I recently spent nearly $1500 in diagnostic time and labor to correct a
wiring
> short, and many other issues.  On top of that, the car rolled over 120,000
> miles, and the transmission had started slipping.
>
> While I loved the SHO, I couldn't justify spending the amount of money
> required to keep it running.  It seems that every time I wanted to spend
money
> on the beast for any kind of performance mod, something new would break,
> requiring me spending yet more money on repairs.
>
> As such, I'm out of the SHO market, for the time being.
>
> Who knows?  Maybe down the road a bit, I'll find a nice, low mileage Gen3
or
> something, and decide that, rather than getting another hole drilled in my
> head, that I should buy the car.  =)
>
> As I'm out of SHO's, I've got a small number of parts floating around here
> that I don't need.
>
> I'll only advertise what I have in readily accessible inventory, and post
the
> rest later:
>
> Subframe Connectors - Nook's
> (Bought these, never got them installed - was waiting on more suspension
stuff
> to do this, never happened.  I don't remember what I paid for them, so
make me
> an offer.)
>
> D4U1 computer from a 1994 or 1995 SHO - $125
>
> 3.2L Intake + Throttle Body - Don't have the brackets or mounting
hardware -
> $200
>
> Red anodized solid aluminum subframe bushings - $80
>
> Spindles from a '94 or '95 Taurus, forget which (the right spindles for a
'96
> brake upgrade) - $75
>
> Under-stereo cubbyhole box - $10
>
> (Buyers pay shipping costs)
>
> I'm quite sure that I've got a few more pieces around here, but I don't
want
> to offer them until I can verify their existence with my own eyes.
>
> Anyhow, thanks again for all the help and conversation, guys.  I really
> appreciate it.
>
> Please email me direct if you want any of this stuff.
>
> Take care!
>
> -Brian Harris, SHO-less
> -1999 Ford Explorer XLT with all the fixin's
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